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Simple Present
Present Progressive
infinitive
(3rd person singular: infinitive + 's')
I speak
you speak
he / she / it speaks
we speak
they speak
form of 'be' and verb + ing
*Exceptions when adding 's' : For can, may, might,
must, do not add s. Example: he can, she may, it
must
•After o, ch, sh or s, add es. Example: do - he does,
wash - she washes
•After a consonant, the final consonant y becomes
ie. (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry - he
worries
but: play - he plays
•Exceptions when adding 'ing' : Silent e is dropped.
(but: does not apply for -ee) Example: come coming
but: agree - agreeing
•After a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is
doubled. Example: sit - sitting
•After a vowel, the final consonant l is doubled in
British English (but not in American English).
Example: travel - travelling (British English)
but: traveling (American English)
•Final ie becomes y. Example: lie – lying
I am speaking
you are speaking
he / she / it is speaking
we are speaking
they are speaking
Simple Present
in general (regularly, often, never)
Colin plays football every Tuesday.
present actions happening one after
another
First Colin plays football, then he
watches TV.
Signal words
•always
* never
•every ...
* first
•often
* then
•normally
•usually
•sometimes
•seldom
Present Progressive
right now
Look! Colin is playing football now.
also for several actions happening at
the same time
Colin is playing football and Anne is
watching.
•at the moment
•at this moment
•today
•now
•right now
•Listen!
•Look!
Note: The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Present:
be, have, hear, know, like, love, see, smell, think, want
Complete the sentences.
Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.
1.- Mary and Joe (be) __________in a clothes shop at the moment.
2.- They (look)____________ at some jeans.
3.- Joe only (have) ___________ one very old pair of jeans.
4.- So he (want) __________ to buy a new pair of jeans now.
5.- Right now, he (try on) ____________ a pair of blue jeans.
Possessive adjectives describe to whom or to what something belongs. There
is one possessive adjective for each grammatical person.
The possessive adjective is used directly in front of a noun - there is no article.
When you have a list of things belonging to the same person, you should only
used one possessive adjective.
I
you
he
she
it
we
they
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
my
your
his
her
its
our
their
my brother
his brother and sister
your sister
my mother and father
our parents
our tables, chairs, and silverware
•1.- Where is (I) ______ book?
•2.- Here is (we) ______ teacher.
•3.- She goes to school with (she) _____ brother.
•4.- (They) ______ father works in a car factory.
•5.- (You) ______ laptop is very expensive.
•6.- (He) ______ favorite hobby is tennis.
•7.- (I) ______ husband and I want to go to Paris.
•8.- We want to see (it) _____ historical monuments.
•9.- Leila likes (she) _____ dog !
•10.- (It) _____ name is Bobby
IN
in a room / in a building
in a garden / in a park
Use 'in' with bodies of water:
in the water
In the sea
in a river In a queue
in a row / in a line
AT
Use 'at' with places:
at the bus-stop
at the door at the cinema
at the end of the street
at the top of the page
at the bottom of the page
at the back of the class
at the front of the class
ON
Use 'on' with surfaces:
on the ceiling / on the wall / on the floor
on the table
Use 'on' with small islands:
I stayed on Maui.
Use 'on' with directions:
on the left
on the right
straight on
IMPORTANT NOTES
In / at / on the corner
'in the corner of a room', but 'at the corner of a
street‘
We say 'in the front / back' of a car
'at the front / back' of buildings / groups of
people
We say 'on the front / back' of a paper
Telling the Time
Asking the time
Here are some phrases you can use when you want to know the time:
•What's the time?
•What time is it?
•Have you got the right time?
•What time do you make it?
Question:
Answer:
What's the time, please?
It's three o'clock.
3.00
more formal
It's...
three o'clock
less formal
It's...
three
3.02
just gone three o'clock
three oh two
3.03
three minutes past three
three oh three
3.05
five past three
three oh five
3.09
nine minutes past three
three oh nine
3.10
ten past three
three ten
3.15
a quarter past three
three fifteen
3.20
twenty past three
three twenty
3.21
twenty-one minutes past three
three twenty-one
3.25
twenty-five past three
three twenty-five
3.30
3.35
3.40
3.45
3.50
3.55
half past three
twenty-five to four
twenty to four
a quarter to four
ten to four
five to four
three thirty
three thirty-five
three forty
three forty-five
three fifty
three fifty-five
3.57
three minutes to four
three fifty-seven
3.58
4.00
nearly four c'clock
four o'clock
three fifty-eight
Four
I will sing
Future Simple Tense
future simple tense is often called will, because we make the future simple tense
with the modal auxiliary will.
The
How do we make the Future Simple Tense?
For negative sentences in the future simple tense, we insert not between the auxiliary
verb and main verb. For question sentences, we exchange the subject and auxiliary
verb. Look at these example sentences with the future simple tense:
subject
+
auxiliary
verb WILL
+
main verb
invariable
base
will
V1
subject
auxiliary verb
main verb
+
I
will
open
the door.
+
You
will
finish
before me.
-
She
will
not
be
-
We
will
not
leave
yet.
?
Will
you
arrive
on time?
?
Will
they
want
dinner?
at school tomorrow.
I will
I'll
you will
you'll
he will / she will / it will
he'll / she'll / it'll
we will
we'll
they will
they'll
will earn
I will not
I won't
you will not
you won't
he will not / she will not / it will not he won't / she won't / it won't
we will not
we won't
they will not
they won't
•1.- You _________ (earn) a lot of money.
•2.- You _________ (travel) around the world.
•3.- You _______(meet) lots of interesting people.
•4.- Everybody __________(adore) you.
•5.- You ___________ (not / have) any problems.
Adjectives are words that function to describe nouns. Specifically,
adjectives describe the action, state, or quality that nouns refer to.
Descriptive adjectives are the largest class of the four types of
adjectives, the others being adjectives of quantity, demonstrative
adjectives, and pronominal adjectives.
1) He _______ reads a book. (quick)
2) Mandy is a ___________ girl. (pretty)
3) The class is ____________ loud today. (terrible)
4) Max is a __________ singer. (good)
5) You can __________ open this tin. (easy)
6) It's a ____________ day today. (terrible)
7) She sings _____________ the song . (good)
8) He is a _____________ driver. (careful)
9) He drives _____________ the car . (careful)
10) The dog _____________ barks . (loud)